IBM Lotus Connections is social software for business that empowers you to be more innovative and
helps you execute more quickly by using dynamic networks of coworkers, partners, and customers.
Existing customers around the world and new businesses just starting to deploy social software will
appreciate the following new features of Lotus Connections Version 1.0.2:

Expanded support for more operating systems, more browsers, and more directories, so you can easily
deploy and integrate social software across your diverse organization

Plug-ins for Lotus Notes, Lotus Sametime, Microsoft Office, Microsoft Explorer, and WebSphere
Portal, so people can interact with their professional networks from the tools they use every day

A rich API based on the REST and Atom standards to allow other applications to utilize the profiles,
community, bookmarking, blogging, and activity services of Lotus Connections

A new pilot installation that gets you up and running quickly so users can start expanding their
professional networks, sharing ideas, and increasing their productivity right away

IBM Lotus® Connections lets you utilize the collective knowledge of your organization, your
partners, and your customers by dynamically building new connections between people, the information
they know, and the tasks they are executing. Lotus Connections delivers this capability through the
following five integrated components:

Profiles
is the directory and expertise location component that helps you find people across your
organization so you can complete tasks faster.

Communities
allows employees with common responsibilities or customers with a common product interest to
collaborate and share information.

Blogs
provide a way for subject matter experts to present their ideas and learn from the experience of
others.

Dogear
is the social bookmarking component that allows you to quickly find information that has been
tagged and prequalified by people in your network.

The
Activities
component provides a single place to view, manage, and collaborate on all the information (e-mail,
IM, files, and so on) related to executing a specific task with your professional network.

With Lotus Connections Version 1.0.2, these components can be deployed using additional
operating systems, browsers, and directories. Users can also now access some of these services from
plug-ins for Lotus Notes®, Lotus Sametime®, Microsoft® Office, Microsoft Explorer, and
WebSphere® Portal, or developers can utilize the APIs to add the power of social software to their
applications.

By empowering your people to easily connect to employees, partners, and customers, Lotus Connections
helps you realize following professional and business benefits:

Tasks can be executed faster because you have quick access to information from an expanded
professional network.

Decisions can be made with confidence knowing they were vetted by experts across the organization
and reflect past experience.

Customer communities can increase revenue through stronger relationships and faster validation of
new products and services.

Lotus Connections is social software that lets you utilize the collective knowledge of your
organization by dynamically building new connections between people, the information they know, and
the activities they are executing.

Existing customers around the world and new businesses just starting to deploy social software will
appreciate the following new features of Lotus Connections Version 1.0.2:

Expanded support for more operating systems, more browsers, and more directories, so you can easily
deploy and integrate social software across your diverse organization

Plug-ins for Lotus Notes, Lotus Sametime, Microsoft Office, Microsoft Explorer, and WebSphere
Portal, so people can interact with their professional networks from the tools they use every day

A rich API based on the REST and Atom standards, which will allow other applications to utilize the
profiles, community, bookmarking, blogging, and activity services of Lotus Connections

A new pilot installation that gets you up and running quickly so users can start expanding their
professional networks, sharing ideas, and increasing their productivity right away

Lotus Connections includes five integrated components that are accessed via a browser or through
e-mail, instant messaging, and portal software that you may already be using today.

Profiles

Search for people across your organization by name, phone number, location, or job title and view
business card information.

Find people based on their expertise by searching keywords in their profiles that reflect their
knowledge and responsibility.

Send a person an instant message by clicking on their contact information.

From a person's profile, link to the bookmarks they have shared, the communities they have joined,
the blog postings they have made, and the activities you have in common.

If used internally, view and navigate the reporting structure of your organization.

Organize activities according to how you work, adding activity entries as they happen, or providing
comments to existing entries.

Invite others to participate to an activity so they can view the information and add entries to get
the task done quickly.

Notify another user when an item has been added to a task.

For repeating activities, create a template that can contain entries, todos, tags, and members.

In addition to the five components, Lotus Connections has the following common features that make it
easy to use and increase the overall value.

Users can tag information (blog entries, profiles, communities, bookmarks, and so forth) in Lotus
Connections. A tag is a word you choose to describe and categorize an item so it can be easily
retrieved later.

Tag clouds can be used to filter information shown on a Lotus Connections page so you can focus on
your activity.

Updates to communities, activities, Dogear, and blogs are provided through Atom feeds so you can
view new information in your feedreader.

Components can be accessed through browser interfaces or through existing applications such as IBM
Lotus Notes, IBM Lotus Sametime, and IBM WebSphere Portal.

Lotus Connections runs on WebSphere Application Server 6.1, which provides scalability and security
needed to run critical business applications.

Lotus Connections is available in two licensing models. For internal use by employees and
contractors, Lotus Connections can be purchased on a per authorized user basis. For external use by
an organization's customers and partners, Lotus Connections can be purchased using a processor Value
Unit model. For more details, refer to the license agreement.

IPLA and Subscription and Support considerations

IPLA licenses can be transferred from one machine to another within, but not limited to, an
enterprise. You may aggregate the capacity for all the processors the product is operated on to
achieve a more economic price. This will result in a single Proof of Entitlement (PoE). It is your
responsibility to manage the distribution of Value Units within the limits of the entitlement of the
product license.

Subscription and Support must cover the same capacity as the product license entitlement.
Subscription and Support will be available in the country in which the agreement is made.

IBM Lotus Connections, a social software offering, complements the other collaboration and composite
application offerings from IBM. For example, Lotus Quickr and Lotus Connections can be used
together to address a company's collaboration requirements that span from formal, role-based team
workspaces to informal community-driven social networks.

IBM Publications Center

The Publications Center is a worldwide central repository for IBM product
publications and marketing material with a catalog of 70,000 items.
Extensive search facilities are provided. Payment options for orders are
via credit card (in the U.S.) or customer number for 20 countries. A
large number of publications are available online in various file
formats, and they can all be downloaded by all countries.

Bundled with IBM Lotus Connections with a restricted license for use with IBM Lotus Connections only

Planning information

Software Maintenance is included with licenses purchased through Passport Advantage and Passport
Advantage Express. Product upgrades and technical support are provided by the Software Maintenance
offering as described in the Agreements. Product upgrades provide the latest versions and releases
to entitled software and technical support provides voice and electronic access to IBM support
organizations, worldwide.

IBM includes one year of Software Maintenance with each program license acquired. The initial
period of Software Maintenance can be extended by the purchase of a renewal option, if available.

Packaging:
This product is available through IBM Passport Advantage in a Passport Advantage media pack or
via electronic download. Publications are not shipped with the product.

The LI form number for IBM Lotus Connections is L-DCOR-77ZMJ2.

Security, auditability, and control

The customer is responsible for evaluation, selection, and implementation of security features,
administrative procedures, and appropriate controls in application systems and communication
facilities.

IBM Software Services has the breadth, depth, and reach to manage your services needs. You can
leverage the deep technical skills of our lab-based Software Services team and the business
consulting, project management, and infrastructure expertise of our IBM Global Services team. Also,
we extend our IBM Software Services reach through IBM Business Partners to provide an unmatched
portfolio of capabilities. Together, we provide the global reach, intellectual capital, industry
insight, and technology leadership to support any critical business need.

To learn more about IBM Software Services or to contact a Software Services sales specialist, visit

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processor cores require the same number of Value Unit entitlements. To calculate the number of
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With full capacity licensing, a PoE must be acquired for the appropriate
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or indirectly (via a multiplexing program, device, or application server)
through any means on behalf of the user.

Sub-capacity licensing on a per processor or per Value Unit basis is available for selected
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License Compliance Manager within their offerings so that you can monitor and report quarterly to
IBM on the use of the programs on a continuous basis.

To be eligible for sub-capacity licensing terms on this product, you must
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Additionally, if this is the first product you have licensed under
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also have an opportunity to ensure a primary business contact is
established for their contracts.

For more information on required and entitled license capacity, license
requirements, and reporting, refer to Software Announcement
205-093
, dated April 19, 2005.

If you order this product under sub-capacity terms, IBM Tivoli License
Manager for IBM Software will be made available to you if you do not
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This software license includes Software Maintenance, previously referred
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License Information form number

Program
Program name number Form number
IBM Lotus Connections 5724-S68 L-DCOR-77ZMJ2

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IBM provides you with access to IBM databases containing information on
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Software Support Guide
for further information at

IBM will maintain this information for at least one year after the
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Product name
IBM Lotus Connections No

Passport Advantage applies:
Yes, and through the Passport Advantage Web site at

This product is available only via Passport Advantage. It is not
available as shrinkwrap.

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The IBM Agreement for Acquisition of Software Maintenance
(Z125-6011) applies for maintenance and does not require customer
signatures.

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Yes. Software Maintenance is included with licenses purchased
through Passport Advantage and Passport Advantage Express. Product
upgrades and technical support are provided by the Software Maintenance
offering as described in the Agreements. Product upgrades provide the
latest versions and releases to entitled software and Technical Support
provides voice and electronic access to IBM support organizations,
worldwide.

IBM includes one year of Software Maintenance with each program license
acquired. The initial period of Software Maintenance can be extended by
the purchase of a renewal option, if available.

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at

Software Maintenance does not include assistance for the design and
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